Sugar dispenser



Jul 13,1926.

v 1,592,491 M. B. KAELIN v SUGAR DISPENSER Filed March 20, 1925 Patented July 13, 1926.

MEINRAJ) B. KAELIN, or DOVER, NEW JERSEY.

SUGAR DISPENSER.

Application filed March 20, 1925. Serial No. 16,991.

g This invention relates to receptacles for sugar and other similar powdered material; and it consists of a measuring device, for dispensing the sugar, constructed as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section through the upper part of a dispensing vessel provided with a measuring device according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig. 1, but shows the measuring device open.

The receptacle 5 for the sugar is of any approved form and material, and it is provided with a cap 6 at its top which is screwed on it, or otherwise attached to it, so that it can be removed to fill the receptacle with sugar. The cap 6 has an oblong slot 7 in its top, and 8 is a sectdr-shaped measuring device which works in the slot 7. This measuring device 8 has radial sides which are hinged to the cap by a pin 10 at their point ofvjunction. The curved outer part 12 is arranged concentric with the pin 10, and the device is open at each side.

One side 9 has a radial extension or stop lug 14 which comes against the underside of the cap when the device 8 projects fully from the slot. A fiat spring 15 is secured to the upper side of the cap adjacent to the curved part 12, and prevents the measuring device from opening prematurely. The other side 9 is provided with a lug 16 which engages with the spring 15 when the measuring device is fully inside the cap, and this lug also operates to limit the inward movement of the measuring device.

VVh'en the receptacle is tilted the sugar runs into the said measuring device, and

' What 1 1. The

claim is:

combination, with a receptacle provided with a cap having a rectangular slot, of a sector-shaped measuring device open at each end and pivoted at its angle to the cap at one end of the slot with its peripheral portion working in the slot adjacent to the other end thereof and provided with means for limiting its pivotal movement in each direction.

2. The

combination, with a receptacle provided with a cap having a rectangular slot, of a sector-shaped open at each end and measuring device pivoted to the cap at one end of the slot and working in the said slot, one side portion of the said measuring device outside the cap'being provided with a projecting lug,

and a spring secured to the cap and engaging with the said lug and operating to prevent the premature movement of the device.

In testimony signature.

whereof I have aflixed my MEINRAD B. KAELIN. 

